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Moonshiner's Son

by Carolyn Reeder
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Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is learning the craft of making whiskey. Even though Prohibition forbids the production and sale of alcoholic beverages, Tom is determined to be a good apprentice. He is, after all, a moonshiner's son. His father has raised moonshining to an art, and Tom wants nothing more than to please this rough, distant man.
Then a preacher comes to the wilds of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to rid Bad Camp Hollow of the "evils of liquor." This is when Tom and his father begin their campaign to match wits with the preacher and try to outsmart the law officers he calls in. Tom's father is eloquent in defense of a way of life long and respectfully lived by the Higgins family. But the preacher and his pretty daughter make a powerful case against it. And when drink causes a tragedy in the community, Tom Higgins is torn....

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  • Release date

    September 9, 2008

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      • ISBN: 9781439137048

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      • ISBN: 9781439137048
      • File size: 1904 KB

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  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5.9
    • Lexile® Measure: 960
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 4-6

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5.9
  • Lexile® Measure:960
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:4-6